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...and the annual contribution would plunge dramatically, down to $300 million or less.
But Malloy’s budget director, Office of Policy and Management Secretary Ben Barnes said an annual payment topping $6 billion would be “suicidal to state......

France for 6th largest in the world. You can glean many more such nuggets in this year’s CalFacts, the terrific annual Legislative Analyst’s Office publication.
EDUCATIONAL: A pair of talks today explore the status of California schooling.......

...have been, and 21 states are doing a better job of it.
The report recommends subjecting every new rule to a quantitative analysis of its fiscal impact. It also recommends using the legislative fiscal analyst’s office to study all pending......

...that Connecticut has set 2020 and 2050 targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change. But recent analysis by the state and outside groups indicates that greenhouse gases from fossil fuels have actually been rising in......

...the Legislature braces for the prospect of a $2 billion budget deficit in the years ahead.
Forecasters representing both legislative chambers, the governor’s office and the state Agency for Health Care Administration also agreed this year’s......

ANALYSIS/OPINION:
President-elect Donald Trump has proposed as one of his legislative priorities a $1 trillion national infrastructure program (“Trump’s infrastructure program,” Nov. 28). His goal of upgrading and modernizing America’s highways,......

...female versus male presenters and fulminating over the ABC's supposed political bias, we're overlooking the more important analysis of the budget itself.
As increasing numbers of commentators joined the chorus of outrage/delight about Malcolm......

...his late teens, he had served several months in jail for possession of an unlicensed firearm, she adds.
The police officers claimed that their lives were in imminent danger as Eric attempted to reverse his vehicle after crashing into a......

...as illegal, even in states that have gone the other way, compounded by the fact that a new U.S. attorney general is taking office early next year.
• Whether states that have decriminalized marijuana possession "continue to criminalize it on second......

...that held roughly 150 separate corporate stock and bond investments, according to a filing he submitted to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics in May.”
POLL: TRUMP HITS NEW HIGH ON APPROVAL
George Washington University: “Donald Trump’s......

...or local revenues ultimately will be locked in and which won't.
For now, agencies like the Illinois secretary of state's office are doing what they've always done.
For instance, the state sells specialty license plates for a fee of roughly $25......

...does not vote so he did not cast a ballot for Trump, would need either a presidential pardon or approval from his probation officer to leave North Carolina and serve in government as he is still on probation.
Trump aide Kellyanne Conway said last......

...immediately available.
Michigan State Police and other law enforcement officials said a suspect’s race has no impact on an officer's decision to pursue. Instead, they suggested that any disparity was likely a byproduct of police spending more time......

...legislation to prohibit unions from collecting dues as a condition of employment also was fast-tracked during lame-duck legislative session. It drew more than 10,000 protesters at the Capitol.
House and Senate committees' decision last week to......

Assembly is promotion of a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on state elected officials.
Ever since he took office nearly two years ago, Rauner has been insisting on the legislature making certain but ever-shifting changes in the way......

...the tough-talking leatherneck the waiver he needs to run the Pentagon well short of the seven-year ban on retired military officers serving as the Pentagon’s civilian boss… A 66-year-old lifelong bachelor, Mattis spent his final years in uniform as......

...the tough-talking leatherneck the waiver he needs to run the Pentagon well short of the seven-year ban on retired military officers serving as the Pentagon’s civilian boss… A 66-year-old lifelong bachelor, Mattis spent his final years in uniform as......

...working on a joint political statement to “capture the progress made” on their TTIP before President Barack Obama leaves office next month, sources in the European Commission told our POLITICO colleagues in Brussels. Such a public document, which......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

The ability of port officers to defend Britain against terrorists is being hindered by shortcomings in information they receive about passengers, a watchdog has warned.
David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there......

ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Heroin deaths have crossed the 100 barrier as reported by the Police Department in Anne Arundel County, Md., on a billboard outside its headquarters in Millersville. At this rate, deaths may reach 120 by the end of the year. That......

...the committee, said it's unlikely Wyatt's Law will get through the House in the few remaining weeks left in this lame-duck legislative session — despite moving testimony not only from Hammel, but from other child-abuse survivors and the mother of a......

...tactics.
He has increased the average number of days the House will be in session by the equivalent of more than three legislative weeks — particularly during the first part of the year — all to ensure that the House has “ample time to enact a......

...of the "Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America" by Entrepreneur Magazine's Entrepreneur 360 List, the most comprehensive analysis of private companies in America. Based on this study forged by Entrepreneur, Hatch House Ventures is recognized as a......

...but no fatalities. Now is the time to move forward on realistic gun control.
|Barbara Vetri, Philadelphia
Cohen defends legislative record
Ah, the glory of serving in elective office. In the libertarian-light world of columnist John Baer, all......

...is already salted with plenty of big surprises. For Congress, the most unsettling may be his decision to start his legislative agenda-setting by ignoring this famous life lesson:
“Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today,” goes......

...belief and described democracy as essential
Fewer people think it is essential to live in a democracy, according to expert analysis.
Researchers for the Journal of Democracy found that fewer than 50 per cent of Americans aged between 30 and 50......

Early Learning Centre
Duties for the role will include:
- Manage the day to day operations of the Centre in line with legislative requirements, company policies and procedures
- Customer Service focus, managing new enquires, conducting centre......

...budget, including K-12 school finance, to the Joint Budget Committee of the Colorado General Assembly in September.
An analysis of the recommendations was presented to the Moffat County School Board during their November monthly......

...the Cures Act garnered more lobbying activity than any of the more than 11,000 bills proposed in the 114th Congress, an analysis of the CRP data shows.
It's also the second-most lobbied health care bill since 2011, following only the Medicare......

...trip to the Soviet Union in its waning days. Then, more than 26 years ago, he discovered his cynical version of gold in my legislative expense account.
Reading his propagandistic diatribes, one would never know that I do not use a taxpayer paid......